Liverpool lost 2-0 at home to Atalanta on Wednesday night. Jurgen Klopp’s team has been unable to box many of its first-team players due to fatigue.
Lagging the Reds, without Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez for injury, neco Williams, Rhys Williams, Joel Matip and Kostas Tsimikas, academy graduate Curtis Jones also played in midfield, with Divock Origi replacing Roberto Firmino.
Sadio Mane has started, in addition to Mohamed Salah’s comeback, however, goals from Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens in the part at the moment put Atalanta in the position of now in Group D.
After the match, Jurgen Klopp again referred to the intense schedule of matches: “You, my special friends, ask us to play on Saturday at 12. 30, which, to be honest, is almost a crime. It has nothing to do with today’s, party, congratulations, ” said the German technician.
“My only interest right now is that I raise my thumb, no one gets hurt and we recover immediately. The boys are absolutely disappointed, frustrated, but we don’t have time for that. It’s about being a little more at ease temporarily. “as imaginable and re-betting, that’s all. “
Liverpool are expected to face Brighton at 12. 30pm on Saturday, and Klopp is likely to play again.
Gian Piero Gasperini praised his team’s “historic” victory at Anfield, which gave Atalanta much more than qualifying for the 16-year-old.
“Obviously, this is all that will be written on the pages of the story. It’s a shame there’s no audience present, it’s clearly a stadium that everyone knows about, it’s part of football history,” the club’s manager based said. Bergamo.
“They haven’t lost any Premier League matches in 64 games. This is our greatest victory in our history, in fact the highest prestige. “
“These victories allow you to grow, grow and improve. “
Their defeat means Liverpool will have to beat Ajax at Anfield next week, with the option of falling to third place in their group. If Atalanta wins against Midtjylland, along with Ajax’s defeat, the rankings will seem much more likely for the Italians.